CVE-2015-4695

Exp

meta.h in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WMF file.

Published: 2015-07-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-4695 is rated High Exploit Risk (64/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-4695

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4695

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-08 1.55% 1.66% +0.11%
2 2025-07-12 2.14% 1.55% -0.59%
3 2025-05-23 2.14%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-4695

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-4695

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-4695

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-4695 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libwmf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4695
gentoo normal CVE-2015-4695: 1 GLSA(s) (201602-03), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/libwmf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-4695
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4695
suse medium CVE-2015-4695 severity moderate: SUSE including 36 source package names (libwmf, libwmf-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1, …), 98 product×package rows across 35 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (35 product lines)): Fixed 79, Known Not Affected 19. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4695/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-4695 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libwmf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4695

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-4695

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wvware libwmf 0.2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:wvware:libwmf:0.2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-4695

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